Explosion at LA law enforcement training facility kills three people

Three deputies who were killed were members of department's arson explosives detail, according to sheriff

An explosion at a law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles has killed three people with the county sheriff's department in the largest loss of life for the agency since 1857, the sheriff said on Friday morning.

The three deputies who were killed were members of the department's arson explosives detail said Robert Luna, the sheriff, at a press conference. Authorities were still working to notify relatives of the deceased, he said, and details on the circumstances around the explosion were limited.